GDP is not enough: economists and businesses demand new measure of inclusive growth

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National figures on economic growth fail to take into account of regional variations and ignore quality of life, such as the gap in life expectancy between Surrey and the north east of England, the Inclusive Growth Commission warnedCredit:
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The quality of economic growth needs to be measured, not just the quantity, if the government is to understand exactly how GDP growth affects people up and down the country, economists have proposed.

Growth varies across the country with jobs and wages distributed unevenly, so the Inclusive Growth Commission (ICG) and the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce want the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to publish figures on quality of life alongside GDP numbers.